The Miller-Rada commitment to pets scale

Anthrozoos

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 88-94

  Staats, Sara ^a   Miller, Deborah ^b   Carnot, Mary Jo ^d   Rada, Kelly ^c   Turnes, Jennifer ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Capital Area Humane Society

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030519929     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279396787001509     Document Type: Article

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